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Post by King Candy on Feb 12, 2020 10:33:50 GMT
Turbo was shocked to see a second Mozenrath enter the laboratory. One of them had to be an imposter. At first, he waited for Varian and the others to unmask the imposter. But now, he was starting to lose his patience. He approached the group and waited for the two Mozenraths to react.
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Post by Professor Ratigan on Feb 12, 2020 15:22:11 GMT
Ratigan, was not impressed by the imposter obvious attempt to misplace the blame, from himself. Of course, having just been with the real deal, he was not convince at the least. "Oh is that so?" he asked with a hint of sarcasm, towards the impostor, not really noticing the approaching Turbo: "well, then it should be easy for you to prove your claim. How about you show us some of your magic. A simple spell with your gauntlet, should suffice."
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Post by Negaduck on Feb 12, 2020 22:06:44 GMT
“Of course, I don’t need to chant a spell when I can simply shoot a magical blast from the palm of my hand.” Negaduck was talking a big talk, but one problem for him, he doesn’t know how to use spells.
Sure he dealt with others who can use spells and used magical artifacts before, but nothing from sorcery. However unknown to others, the crystal simply transfer magic powers from the previous magical energy it has absorbed to Negaduck.
So when Negaduck places his gauntlet palm close to Mozenrath’s chest, the magical energy blast sended him flying back to Varian’s mechanical bed, where then the mechanical arms automatically brushing Mozenrath’s teeth?
“Enough proof for all of you?” Negaduck while still has Davy Jones’s sword close to his neck displayed an example of his ‘spells’.
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Post by Professor Ratigan on Feb 12, 2020 22:23:19 GMT
Oh, of course the crystal would ALSO give him some of Mozenrath's powers! Why not? It seemed to conveniently give the duck, whatever ability he needed at the time. "Well, can't say I was expecting that…though, that's more than likely an after effect from your crystal. It seems to like, giving you powers. Someone search him. If he's Negaduck, he should have the crystal, somewhere on his person." Perhaps outing the faker, might actually be a challenge after all. As he thought of a different way to outsmart him, he finally noticed the weird skeletal man, that was walking towards him. Given the all ready tense circumstances, he was quite wary of the figure, not knowing his true identity.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 12, 2020 23:53:12 GMT
Mozenrath, suffice to say, was most displeased, but most of his rantings and ravings were muffled by the automatic toothbrush.
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Post by The Horned King on Feb 13, 2020 3:51:49 GMT
Without so much as a word, the Horned King appeared in the doorway of Varian's lab, taking in the scene.
Two Mozenraths, one an obvious impostor (what... were those horrible things inside one of them's mouth?); Jones with a sword towards one of them; Candy NOT in the guarding the tunnel; and the others watching incredulously. How had such antics already quickly become the normality here?
And must I lead these whelps around? I am no babysitter...
"Perhaps a more... personal question is in order here," the king suddenly boomed, revealing his presence to all.
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Post by Varian on Feb 13, 2020 7:14:48 GMT
"Come on!" Varian said as he was annoyed that the bed he invented was destroyed already. And Varian knew he had to act fast before they destroyed more of his inventions. And worse yet, before the fighting destroyed his more explosive chemicals.
"HEY HEY HEY! No more magic in here! You guys want to blow us all up! Need I remind you about the incident at the Library Mozenrath?" Varian said as he looked back and forth between the two Mozenraths.
As much as Varian hated to reveal one of his secret trump cards in front of everyone, it seemed he had no choice. This had to be resolved quickly before his lab was destroyed. "Better yet your highness, we just need one simple question. After they've had a little taste of THIS!" Varian said as he revealed a purple vial.
"This is my truth serum. Just a little bit and whoever drinks it will have to answer any question truthfully for the next 24 hours. If they imposter drinks it he'll have no choice but to admit he's a fake once we ask him. Of course, if you are the real Mozenrath, then there shouldn't be any problem with you drinking and telling the truth, right?" Varian said as he held the vial close to the Mozenrath next to Davy Jones and slowly preparing to make him drink the potion.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 13, 2020 19:46:02 GMT
"Nnnnn mmmm - "
Despite Varian's warning, Mozenrath used one small burst of magic - nothing explosive or ranged; just coating his right hand in a blue aura and using it to grant him temporary strength - to rip down the metal arm with the toothbrush. "I'll take it," he growled as he jumped off the bed. "HE obviously won't, and I can tell you who I really am."
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Post by Varian on Feb 16, 2020 22:08:53 GMT
"Nnnnn mmmm - " Despite Varian's warning, Mozenrath used one small burst of magic - nothing explosive or ranged; just coating his right hand in a blue aura and using it to grant him temporary strength - to rip down the metal arm with the toothbrush. "I'll take it," he growled as he jumped off the bed. "HE obviously won't, and I can tell you who I really am." (OOC:Sorry for the late reply. Was waiting to see if anyone had any reaction to the truth potion reveal.)
Varian was hoping to make the one he suspected to be the fake Mozenrath drink the potion to prove it was Negaduck first. But this still worked out any way as this did essentially confirm he was the genuine sorcerer.
Though as Mozenrath reached out to take the vial, Varian pulled it back. "Ah ah ah! Just in case you are Negaduck, I'm not handing over this vial so you can destroy our chance to prove whose real. Now open wide." Varian said as he lifted the vial as high as he could into Mozenrath's mouth to let him swallow a few drops and let the potion kick in.
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Post by Professor Ratigan on Feb 16, 2020 23:01:07 GMT
A truth serum eh? Well, that would certainly come in handy…and detrimental, should he ever come into contact with it. Ratigan silently hoped, that the young Alchemist still didn't suspect him yet. Still, hopefully still mess would clear up, once Mozenrath drank the potion.
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Post by Davy Jones on Feb 16, 2020 23:22:42 GMT
Davy watched silently as Mozenrath prepared to take the potion. Varian's idea was a clever one, but he was beginning to grow impatient with the amount of time it was taking to clear up the confusion; he had been hoping to simply run Negaduck through and be done with it. Still, he waited, his sword held at the imposter's neck, ready to kill him should he try anything.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 17, 2020 4:34:32 GMT
"...Are you serious right now?"
As much as Mozenrath wanted to prove that the other one in the room was actually Negaduck, he was not going to let Varian bottle-feed him like a child. That wasn't happening.
So he compromised. Without asking, he used a burst of magic to lift the liquid right out of the bottle, planting a sphere of it in his mouth. Swished it twice. Swallowed.
"Now," he stated, "my name is Mozenrath, I am a sorcerer, I am NOT a duck, I hail from the Land of the Black Sands, I had a crush on that Shadow Man and am kind of miffed he left, and I gave my right hand for power. Any other questions?"
It took him a minute to realize what he'd said amidst all of those truths.
Oh. Oh, no.
Perhaps the truth serum was a little too powerful.
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Post by Davy Jones on Feb 17, 2020 5:09:00 GMT
"Wonderful", Jones said, sarcasm in his voice. He turned back to the false Mozenrath. "Now that we have that settled, I suggest we end this miserable fool's life now", he said, pressing the point of his sword closer to the imposter's throat. "Any opposed?"
He was choosing to ignore the other information Mozenrath had provided about himself for the time being, and focus on the matter at hand.
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Post by King Candy on Feb 17, 2020 10:06:38 GMT
With Mozenrath having swallowed the truth serum, Turbo was finally convinced that the Mozenrath who didn't was an imposter.
"Go ahead," he said to Davy.
Just then, he started to suspect that the fake Mozenrath might try to do something fishy to escape, and head for the tunnel. He needed an excuse to get away from the group, and to the tunnel.
"Right now, I've got a lot on my head. I need some time to clear my mind."
He then walked away from the others, and sat down near the tunnel.
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Post by Professor Ratigan on Feb 17, 2020 17:38:32 GMT
"No objections here," Ratigan said, secretly looking forward, to seeing the duck finally get what he deserves. "And do cut him, into as many pieces as possible. He did survive being buried under tons of rubble. Best to be thorough."
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